GLOW-DISCHARGE ELECTROLYSIS OF AQUEOUS SULFURIC-ACID-SOLUTION IN VARIOUS ATMOSPHERE

The anode glow discharge electrolysis was carried out in aqueous sulfuric acid solution, and the yields of oxidation products, H//2O//2, H//2SO//5, and H//2S//2O//8, were examined in various atmospheric gases, H//2, He, N//2, and Ar. When the vapor pressure of water was suppressed by means of intermittent electrolysis, the yields of the peroxides were found to depend clearly on the atmospheric gases. The plasma diagnostics, emission spectra, double-probe method, etc. , revealed that the plasma state in the gas phase depended on the gases that contained significant amounts of water vapor.